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Take First Place in Infantry
Drill and Win Three Out of
Six Machine Gun Events
COMPETITION HELD AT
CHALLENGE OF STH GROUP
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Much Applause Greeted "All-
Star” Dri'l Team. Nearly
Every Company Represented
By Contestants
t.By Corp. J. J. Isaacson).
Second Group "cleaned house*’ in th?
second general infantry ana maw Tine
gun - t-.. staged last Saturday
on the field b'-i k of camp library.
Taking first place in the infantry
dril for'the' second consecutive time.
’ and wmrrng three of the six machine
gun cv-.mu; S.'.’ond Group conclusively
. proved its «L?-:iofdy over the othei
five group ■ whi< < n..;petod.
The cor..v iticn ■»<■..• held at the
challenge of the l-'ift l . Group, and w;c
condueted under the supervision of of
ficers of that organization. The groups
competing were Pn Second. Third,
Fourth. Fifth and Seventh.
Led by Lieut. Fra nr; D. McGraw
who commanded the Thirteenth Com
pany in its recent vc’.ory over oth-r
infantry organizations of the camp
Second Groups ‘‘all-i-Cr’’ drill team
. snapped through all of the- movements
in the infantry <--omp«*tii icn in a man
ner tha elicited the applausq of the
soldiers assembled from al over ih»
camp, and won he highest score < •
any company in the contest,
5
tatlon in the previous • onipe:it ion
When the 13th Company alone furnish
ed the men, the entire group wm
drawn upon for last Saturday's drlu
Men from every company in the Sc
ond Group except th 24th and Head
quarters companies were in the win
ning aggregation. The man have
drilled only half a dOfton times in the
past two weeks, but the team work
1 was as perfect as though they hao
been drill tn?; together for months.
The thro* patoona of the company
were commanded by Second Lients.
Donald R. McNair, Joe Stacey and
Chas. M. Davis, respectively. As fr
: the previous competition, the marir.*w
; in which the company was handled by
Lieut. McGraw and th? r-Io toon leaders
had a great deal to do with the victory
Last week, an extra platoon w'is
drilled with the company, and any man
who failed to come up to snuff in his
work was jerked from the "first team”
and his place filled by a soldier from
The extra platoon
Here's the way Second lad the field
In the iriaehine gun events:
Second Group. 532 1-2 points.
Third Group, 605 points.
Fifth Group, 670 points
First Group. 752 points
Fourth Group, 373 points.
Seventh Group. 967 1-5 point.*.
Os six event' in the machine gun
program. Second Croup finished first
in three events and second in three.
Scoring th? compoition in ths *ame
manner as a track meat, with five
. points for firat place, three points for
second, and one print for third, the
; Second Group would have totaled 24
.points, a.* against 12 points for rhe
■ Third Group and 11 points for .the. FFfth
Group under this sy - .cm of scoring
The ©vents on th® program wp-* as
follows:
1. Mount, load, unlord and dl«movr'
gun.
2 Action and out of action.
2 One man, action and out of action,
50 vards.
4. Action, blln'Wolded.
E. Action, gun stripped.
6. 100-yard Tripod Rare.
Here’s the way Second Group won:
First place In event 1. by Cor
poral Mil?*-, 19th Co.; Corporal
Tuveson, 19th C * and Sergeant
O’Sullivan, 20th Go. Third place
In event 1, by Sergeant Saunders,
21st Co., Corporal Lemelaon, 16th
Co., and Corporal Petra no. 15th Co.
Second place in ever.. 2. by Mil
ler. Tnvesnn and O'Sullivan
Second place In event 4. by Ser
geant Dean, 13th Co. Sergeant
Rees, 15th Ca, and Sergeant Mis
sildTne, 24th Co.
First place in ®verf 5. by Cor
poral J. Miller. 24th Co., Sergeant
Collins, 13th Co, end Corporal
Pegano, 15th Co. Third, place ’n
event 6, by Corporal O’one, 23rd Co.,
Corporal Goad 13th Co., and Cor
poral Bailey, 23rd Co.
First place in event fl. by Priv
ate Summers, 15th Co. Second
place in event 6, Corporal Came
ron, i’9th Co.
Records were broken 'n five of the
six events. Second Group’s team ret
a new mark of 27 2-5 seconds for the
first event. Seventh Group made a
new record In the third event, S 3 sec
onds. Third Group broke the record
In the fourth event, with a time mark
of 23 seconds. Second Group set a new
record In the fifth event, 53 seconds,
and also in the sixth event, 4D sec
onds.
The showing of the Second Croup In
the machine gun competition is a trib
ute to the ability of Lieut Gambill, di
rector of machine gun training in this
group. The instruction of the in
Second Groan been directed by
Lieut, Gambill and.hia assistants, and
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TRENCH and CAMP
.THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF CAMP HANCOCK, THE
MACHINE GUN TRAINING CENTER OF THE U. S. ARMY
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Reading from left to right: Colonel Frank D. Wickham, Commanding Officer Main Training Depot; Major Waley L. Dixon, Commanding Officer Second Group; Captain Owen M Cope
land, staff rifle expert; Lieut. Stan toy F. Brewster, adjutant, M. T. D.; Lieut. Kari Griffith, personal adjutant; Lieut. John Morris, of fie w tn charge of operations; Liaut. Edward F- PUxirt
guez, commanding officer Headqua« ters Company.
INTERESTING RECORD OF COL. FRANK D. WICKHAM, THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE MAIN TRAINING DEPOT *
Toy- ’her with tixo news that various units throng!;out the camp will undergo many changes during the..reorgttnf znlion period of imxstering out, it was learned that'•Cci3ow?*f "Wb.rk
m wotfld remain as the Commanding Offtcar of the Main Training Dejpot. C->h>nel is one of the papi«lar ofticers ku the camp, both with the officers and idce, and has n
•-« < mbr* ;ttng .service record, covering a period of twenty-four years, erf active 'wmraaflfl nf troops,
<’<-x I-r-’>. ••/■.. : . jn._j£as bom tn Gallatin, Mo., March 21. 1873. edurated in the publie schools of GaJkitiw arid frraduate l from the Missouri State CJniverHity, Ho wae -a
sfv-g--.-. :ii , and fir > sergeant, in Troop K, 3th If s. Cavalry, January 25, 1891 to Apnil 24th, 18S7; private Co. C, 2d Mo. Vol, Mv. May 12, 1898; first Moutenant 4th Mo. VoL’lndUMay X>; sec
ond lieutenant, 16lh I .S. Inf., June- 27th, 1898; first lieutenant 18th and 12th U. S. Inf., March 2d; made captain, 12th U. S. Inf., Au<. 12, 1903. After graduaUng from>tlw "War-College,
made major 12th I'. S. Inf., May 15<h, 1917; lieutenant colonel, 352 d Inf., August sth, 1917. Promoted to colonek May I‘ltK lftl-8.
Wickham has served n the Spanish American W xv, in the Cuban, and Philippine In»mrrecti<ins, and served during th® period the American forces the Mexirauni
Coach Berry and Captain Ashmore tady For the Fray
aeulit’s Army Gridim Await EatSe
With Flammg Bonb 1 ■ ?■
“Brownies” Primed For Stiff Figbt Today.
Both Teams to Uncover Phenoms.
(By Joe Jacobs.) ,
The Machine Gun Training' Center’s football squad was
put through the hardest practice of the season yesterday
i afternoon, in preparation for the Ordnance game tomorrow
I afternoon. Coach Berry and Captain Ashmore drove their
I players in a long and hard scrimmage, and it was a tired
| group of players who tramped off the practice field at dusk.
As a matter of fact the parade grounds on Wrightsboro
Road presented an animated appearance when the Machine
Gunners were put through their next to last kick for the big
scrap.
Bius arid Red After Big Score. ,
Footbsrll enttnisfaam 1h nmning hish ;
among the Blue and Red followers and !
there i« nothing they would like better
than to trim the ■'Flaming Orb.” team '
by an crverwlehming score, thereby I
a.tontng for the remarks of the Man.cn !
tolowers during the past few weeks. ,
Ir. other word::-, the Machine Gunners i
Win trot out on the gridiron nf War
ren Park tomorrow with instructions I
to rcdl us aa maty i.etn’a as possible I
and show no mercy.
Lewis a Brinht Light in Field.
A bright Bght in yesterday's scrim- I
tease war. "Chuck" Lewis, formerly i
of the 1 tn!versify of California and
Missouri, a newcomer. whose line
plunging and dashes off tackle maay
Conches Berry and Captain Ashmore
.Igh that he did not report earlier.
During thu battle between the Ma
chine Gunners end the Second Group
eleven, a nevr tackle of ■vmrt.h was ■
discovered. Mis name Is "Joe" Bar- ■,
ringer, who halls from the University i
nf llllnoif . His work wae of such a ;
high calibre that he probably w>U be |
given a trial tn the same against the ;
Ordnance. “Jack” Marks also dis- I
plaved flashes of bis old-ttmo form. |
when he starred w'ith Dar-.rnouttu i
Marks ran the pigskin through tba Une i
fa whirlwind fashion, and with an- I
other day's practice is sure to hit his ■
qld thio stride, and woo betide the :
Matmons once Jack started on one of j
bls fsmetis runs.
Lieut. Fullerton Coaches Linemen.
Whr.e Ceaebes Berry and Captain
Ashmore were cracking the whip back
of the backfield mui la their sign al'
drill yesterday afternoon. Lieut Pul- |
lerton took all tbo lla-snen to one x.os I
of the practice field ami gave them a 1
few pointers in both offensive and de- I
tensive tactics which they are to use !
against the Ordnance tomorrow. The I
Machine Gunners have a number of .
new plays which they hope to spring |
on the Maroons, They have been
tried out dur-ng the last two days, !
With tu« Co-operation of the Augusta Herald. Augusta, Ga,
Col D. Wicktai sed Officer, Maia Tratao Bepei, Gmp Haamk
> and even previous to the Gordon grarnn
; th« coaekes had the tea. ; working on
I some new formations. AH look goo*
• In practice, but it re.»»i>ns to be fo»n
i how they work out agaifiEt an oppf»- ;
| nant.
Practice Until Darkness.
I Coaches B'.rry and Captain Ashmore
I drilled the Machine Gunners until it 1
■ wao too dark to follow the ball any
I longer. After the heachlne Gunners
■ finished srrlmmaglaEr with the Secono
j Grouz) eleven, the coaches eplft the
; squad up into two eleventh and a live-
I ly battle ensued. ‘'Tien" Derr starred
i in this scrimmage, hitting the opposing
, line no hard that on occasions
i he went over th* go;*) Un* from the
five-yard line, “.Jack* York ran the
first trim yesterday and bls judgment
of plays were very gcod. '‘Chesty**
I’a.wson who also wax one of th* Ma-
: chino Gunner’s line-plunger« during
i yesterday's sa’tenmare, went through
t the opposing forwards several time©
! for consid*rab)e gains. In the line.
! •'Pete” Peterson and “PoTly” K«» *h 1
j were on the job a* ill time*-*, opening ;
• fnvsraJ holes in ths opposing line
1 "Vic" Adams' def nrive wnr’t at cen- ;
t ter was ver?/ gratifying to the coaclcs. I
l and there is little doubt thta he will
; start at this poeftien in tomorroVn ;
I clash. Ar left *nd “Gotton” Vender- I
I naek and "Staff” Austin, alternated :
I wPh David bolding down the other ;
end of the line.
Service Championship of North and
South at Stake.
j Tro of the most formidable football ;
j machines in history of modem
’ service gridiron will Jock horns at |
l FTanklin Field. Philadelphia. Pa., on »
• Saturday afternoon, when the cham- !
I pions of th * South, the Machine Gun j
‘ ners of Camp Hancock, and the cham- i
I pions of the north. League Inland Ma-
i rlrres nt Philadelphia, play for the j
[ championship of the United States
DECEMBER 4, 1918
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TODAY’S LINE-UP.
I Machine Guunners. Ordnance. {
Posf&onfh 1
Austin -.Stover ]
Left. End.
I MurrayScheck I
Lelt Tackle.
i Koch or Lancaster . . . Thomas ;
Left Guard.
AdamsConover I
Center,
I ’GerberMott j
Right Guard.
. Peterson or Ha wkins . . . Bannock f
Right Tackle. ,
Guimares or Verdcrnack.. .Halke ,
Right End. 1
Rawson or Cronley .. Willard |
Left Ua/fback.
I Eckberg or FosterWalch j
Right Halfback.
Derr or Marks .. . .. Bayless ’
Fullback.
Rote or Berry Silverman
Quarterback.
i [ Officials: Reftre?, Major John- I
J stone; Umpire, Major Butler;
head linesman, Lieut. Fullerton;
I Time periods, four at 15 minutes. |
I. Kick-off, 2:30 p. m.
j Features: The proceeds of the
■ game to be donated to the ocal |
Y. M. C. A. Came wil foot- 1
; ■ ball supremacy at Camp Hancock.
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Army ar.d Navy in three •octlons of
| the country. Not since the opening
: of the present sesxson baa the Machine
i Gunners or the Marines lowered th*!r
, colors to a rival combination, and
: during this period both teams have
arn.iKsed* a splendid record. The at
tention of the gridiron funs in all parte
• of the country, ha.? been attracted to
j the playing of thaae two teams, be-
• aus* of the wonderful offense and
■■■ stonewall defense which each game of
; the senson nus built up to perpetuate
! the football fame of the ennp and the
naval statfen.
Another Couple Make
Contract For Life
Private W. W. Laxter of the Second
; Company, Main Training Depot, Group
J, and Miss Maye Siir,abeth Allan of
•Detroit, Mich., were married at 3 p. m.,
November 26, 1918. The wedding was
! a very quiet affair, taking place in
[the superior court room of the Ric.h
--i raond County Court House. The reg
iimental chaplain, LL Harris G. Beck,
officiated.
mra oo®
CHEST Or 0010
n HOCK
Distinguished Party, Including
Judge Price Gilbert and Prof.
M. A. Brittain, Visit Camp on I
Sunday
RAIN PREVENTS GREAT
AFTERNOON OUTDOOR
MEETING
Governor Makes Trip Through;
Camp. Great Machine Gun
Formation in His Honor Post-j
poned on Account of Rain
Hon. Hugh Dorsey, the governor of |
Georgia, was in Camp Hancock dast Sun- i
diy. 11 & came m f peak at the Y. M. C. |
A. nicfiing Sunday afternoon, and was’
accompanied by Price Gilbert, jus -.
I.ice of the supreme <«urt and Professor ■
?t. A. Brittain, state superintendent of
public Instruction Dr. W. A. King, so-j
r:!al director c-f the Southeastern District
of Y. As. C. A. work, was also one of <
ibr honored guests nf the comp, who was!
billed tn cnonk at the, afternoon meeting i
Tim military authoritto shad ordered!
Ib.o army of machine pinners to j
attend this meeting In military formation. ;
i’u'. when the rain cnnnne/ ced Governor I
Dorsey sent in a speck. 1 request that the I
meeting be railed off. Tls said he was i
not wilting that the should rnme i
'ut in the rain tn hear him Koeak. Much 1
j.h every one regretted not to be able to
[isten to ihe governor and to tho.se who
vic* in nan led him, It was thought best un
ler th* clismmsf.ances to yield, to his]
rec ir • find 031! off the meeting.
General Edwards offered to nut on the 1
’ineyt rev* v' ever g ven in the camp if I
loverr.or Do- ey wnu’d remain over un-■
Lil Monday, but, this wnn fourzl to be;
morwsiblo, as it was noce ssry for the ;
ir/.iro party tn leave A ‘."usta by the]
light train’ Hr moy r*ttjm however
'or ibis function later in th* month.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Fraser entertained I
ho governor's party during their slay I
n the city a ndgavn them the opportunity)
:o drive tkronch tbo nail pa»-|
icnal’y upon Colon*! Wickham, the com- I
nond-T'.'* r>f f | -er for the day. An early
jporno m <Vn r er wr.s given to the dis- (
iguished vDitrrs at Mr. Fra.ner*fi real- ,
Irr/y Millcdro read.
The director of the ramp religious ar-.
Iw.tie*- for t!i* Y. M. <’• A., greatly re
7rnt**d ihe failure of h'- plan for Ia«t!
4nt■ J-* ■■ but OYneciy to offer another b‘n ]
irogrsm next F?un<l r.
iblv In the Lfbertv Tho3»cr. st whkh ]
armus mili’ -rv '‘'ftrerrs, ths
C. V, and the <b A. K.. w|J! give the]
• c.’re'-<: and at whl h Madimo Baklor
v’H sing. A week later it is exports
hut .Govern or-elect Cooper of South)
Carolina will be 4ha< speaker.
Under the Auspices of the Anny Y. M- C. A.
FICHTIHG S4TH e
MIKES ITTICK
SUCCESSFULLY
Unprecedented Victory Won By
Famous Company After Brief
Engagement With Opposing
Force
TROOPS CELEBRATE EVENT
FITTINGLY
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In Chateau Messhall Soldiers
Went Into Action at 1 P. M.
Thanksgiving Day
The war may be over, but the fight
ing Sixty-fourth refuses to recognise
the official status of the armistice,
and has today resumed hostilities
again xt Turkey and her allies on the
near Eastern Front of la Rue du
Coznpagnie byway of Chateau Mess
Hail, bordering Pennsylvania Desert.
The attack was carefully planned out
and the strategic position of our troops
was enhanced by the misty weather,
which p re vented the enemy’s out
posts from observing the massing of
the Sixty-fourth.
At 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the
order was given for action and under
the command of Lt James W. Shoe
maker and Lt. Benjamin Moore, the
enemy line was attacked on both of
the flanks of Chateau Mees Halt After
a brief but sturdy infantry engage
ment, supported by machine gun bar
rage, our troops made a deep cut in
b-h Hanks and broke through the
salient points of the enemy Hne. The
enemy realising the imminent danger
of.complete annihilation surrendered
to our forces mar Plain la Hot Stove,
where the white flag was raised by
Convex- Pacha, commander-in-chief of
the enemy forces.
Our troops, overhelmed with joy at
the great victory which was won with
comparatively few losses while keep
ing in perfect order and not causing
any undue darn ago to enemy property,
■ ost no tune in celebrating th> event.
Th«y encamped in Chateau Mess Hall
where the enemy food provisions hal
been stored in great quantities. Kat
<hik'-E Bey, chief of thy staff of Al
T'.'on Pasha’s troops, and Conrad Bell
Effendi as military attache, were in
change with haidlng over the provis
ions to our troops, t Is as yet diffi
cult to ascertain the exact quantity
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No. 9.
Llßtffl THE9TER
TO OPTO MIO'
f NEXT MOtlOJ?
Soldiers Once More Can Attend
Popular Place of Amusement
Arter Weeks of Quarantine
NEW STAGE ADDITIONS
ABOUT COMPLETED
Increased Facilities For Hand
ling Larger Crowds, Reserved
Seat Section, and Other First
Class Improvements
■„ lt . * IH J* 01 ffreat interest to all wen ■
. a^L p to leirn t>». tire I.lb-
ert> theater will open again on Monday '
eveniuK. “th. After tee. oio
k>ngort etoMure d« 0 to, the qoarwntlne eno
uiuo.i toe new.. » ait the non wetconse. i
■ «« eenstrnetkin ik-ivt-rtment has been I
hnnj at work Ue, lost few days getting l
tbo new etag.-- In slmp« so that it can I
o« used rm th® opening date. When com
pleted tbo stage of the I.therix Theater
.will be able to handle any production on
the road. Ttte lighting <ffrcl.B will x>a
espectadty gwsl. skate et an, elec- i
trical material intended for Use r.«w Tdb
-wrty Theater, the bulbUng of which has!
been oaaceiied. wlB be wwd on the new' 1 ;
Ist age <rf th® old. rhea ter. (lit account of J
:M»» h'jeu wrtlßn conditions which haswJ
mom or loso disrupted theatnoss arTafcsu
Unssnphout tin- corantry it is imgossJktel
at this time to annomco definite future
bookinste but Matsa««r Q. H. Thomas, tn
an interview today, said that he hopes to
• lx, able to anuxiunce booktnga of great
interest to the soon in eamp.
rrJrtr are nosr Tsdritr urnaged lor the
übowiug ni the siacJ»h»e <hin <?>lrpie-Et
view cospktSnie daring Kite axmth.
The »ew ajenngeHwat <k the tStwohir
Inorwusew the :«fttiua eßfnvOrr by m-xs-rc
roar iilfekteed Jed * soaS-veu .-ecttnn »«r
a« siKfm baa boen atNad. A».ir«nsrte
treating TadlMW®! hare, tsteiy been !tfStali -
ad and the ohk at duMg Hanooeic «an
congrahklate UwamaWeo upon having one
ts the fiseat ptegae as sMauseaaarU in any
canrr* ha the noaotw.
IM! BWUET
mom
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I LOT FETBI
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Magnificent DecoraUons and j
Electrical Effects Created'
Spectacle Long-to Be Remem- ]
bered. Excellent Speeches
Made -4'i-< . ■
SERGEANT ~DIENTZ ACTED
AS TOAST-MASTER
Machine Gun Click Four Play
ed Their Best For the Oc
casion. Non-Coms Acted As
K. P.’s
Most briWant affair ever heM in Camp
Hancock w/th Company Officers a.s guests
cf honor. The "A” Co. C. M. G. T. S. cel- i
ebraled the vtotery of the Allies by a j
wonderfrtl feant last Friday evening. An
elaborate tatyrcpiat with school and com- ;
pany ofitcers as the guests of honor was ;
held tn the erranisatioa mess haM. Tha ;
officers present were MaX J. G. A. Mon
ti gua of the officers tratoin# school. ,
company eomrpander IJL W. J. Coakley, j
Lt. S. A Turner. Lt. A, PodnJek. LL F. |
Egan, Lt. Allen, LL Yankowity. Lt. AR- I
ar I
The hall was magnificently ttecorated <
with Georgian pine and gnl’tcn oak fewves M
and mixed with red white and bine han- j
ting On each end of the hail barge il- fl
iuminated stars with red and white and I
blue lights shown brightly with Pres, j
Wilson and Gen. Pershing phetogjrajihs 1
In the center of each. A miniature stage j
was temyorartty erected with foot fights, i
The electric effecta were a glortons spec** j
taele. Above the officers 1 table powerful 1
lights were thrown upon the performers. ]
Nover In the history of Camp Hancock ]
was there a banquet so artixticafly deconr- «
ted. J
The Star Broadway show of Cazm> 1
cock performed and thanks to John Ap- |
plobnum for bringing the ctevsr perform- 3
era together. The performers were . Tha j
Liberty
the Bras’liian Nut. Kaauttiw A Kingia la 4
thongs, S'egel &■ Welch hi tbe werM J
motion, J>m RuckL&y. th® /ringing M,
Albert Anderson, rhe njaster of mya-1
tfciy. The Machine Gun Chck Pour. Jack 1
Pawcrs and Jack Liptou oue of A CDeno- 1
any man. Thn Tmrformcrti played to the
cf their abfUty and tiemejadwra «g>- ,
plause was accorded them. The tuast !
iC.uater for th© occasion w-m <
1/ienta and his humorous ftttl© toasts to
the officers -sere also applauded.
Lieut. <’oakley’s short address was raas
teriy spokati. Maj. Montague delighted
them with hl« clear, mellow voice and
Lis oration went deep Into the hearts <sf
the hoys. In Lis ramerksk he laid great
stress upon the magnificence and elabo- ‘
ration of th© event in that it surpassed
any affair of Its kind heretofore in ttxui
camp ! >
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